1836
Jul 6
| 1836 • Eugène Schneider and his brother Adolphe Schneider purchase a bankrupt ironworks near the town of Le Creusot in the Burgundy region of France and found the steelworks and engineering company Schneider Frères & Cie. |
1872
Oct 27
Age: 36y
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birth of childElla Edith Campbell Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1872 • Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law, restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers. |
1894
Oct 2
Age: 58y
| 1894 • The Masonic Grand Lodge de France is founded, splitting from the larger and older Grand Orient de France. |